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Writing exclusively for Jewish News, the Home Secretary addresses rising antisemitism on our streets and online over the last week

It took a chance encounter with a nurse, back when I was in hospital in 2008, for me to start my own journey with God.

It felt like ‘saving’ Christmas was at the expense of other religious communities sacrificing their festivities for a second time

It is right that we refocus our attention on the vital issue of freedom of religion or belief around the world.

With lockdown being relaxed across the UK, more places of worship are now open – but there are still changes to worshippers’ usual practices.

H.A. Hellyer is a Cambridge University fellow, a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute.

International reports are casting worrisome shadows across Africa, especially for those of us who focus on international religious freedom.

All have extensive diplomatic resources to track human rights abuses, confront anti-Semitism, promote freedom of religion or belief, combat trafficking in persons and maintain robust development budgets.

Freedom of religion or belief continues to be systematically violated, including for Baha’is who face widespread and systematic persecution, hate speech, and obstacles to access education and work.

The UK’s International Human Rights Ambassador delivered this statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief.